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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new emerging IoT botnet threat that leverages compromised smart devices to stage ‘distributed denial-of-service’ attacks, potentially triggered on-demand through platforms offering DDoS-for-hire services.
Th… Continue reading Dark Nexus: A New Emerging IoT Botnet Malware Spotted in the Wild
Microsoft today announced that it has successfully disrupted the botnet network of the Necurs malware, which has infected more than 9 million computers globally, and also hijacked the majority of its infrastructure.
The latest botnet takedown was the … Continue reading Microsoft Hijacks Necurs Botnet that Infected 9 Million PCs Worldwide
Cybercriminals are busy innovators, adapting their weapons and attack strategies, and ruthlessly roaming the web in search of their next big score.
Every manner of sensitive information, such as confidential employee records, customers’ financial data… Continue reading 14 Ways to Evade Botnet Malware Attacks On Your Computers
The French law enforcement agency, National Gendarmerie, today announced the successful takedown of one of the largest wide-spread RETADUP botnet malware and how it remotely disinfected more than 850,000 computers worldwide with the help of researchers… Continue reading French Police Remotely Removed RETADUP Malware from 850,000 Infected PCs
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of WatchBog, a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining malware botnet, which now also includes a module to scan the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep flaw.
BlueKeep is a highl… Continue reading Linux Botnet Adding BlueKeep-Flawed Windows RDP Servers to Its Target List
Windows and Linux users need to beware, as an all-in-one, destructive malware strain has been discovered in the wild that features multiple malware capabilities including ransomware, cryptocurrency miner, botnet, and self-propagating worm targeting Lin… Continue reading New Malware Combines Ransomware, Coin Mining and Botnet Features in One
The Russian man who was accused of operating the infamous Kelihos botnet has finally pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court.
Peter Yuryevich Levashov, 38, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. federal court in Connecticut to c… Continue reading Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Operating Kelihos Botnet
After the discovery of massive VPNFilter malware botnet, security researchers have now uncovered another giant botnet that has already compromised more than 40,000 servers, modems and internet-connected devices belonging to a wide number of organizatio… Continue reading Prowli Malware Targeting Servers, Routers, and IoT Devices
It turns out that the threat of the massive VPNFilter botnet malware that was discovered late last month is beyond what we initially thought.
Security researchers from Cisco’s Talos cyber intelligence have today uncovered more details about VPNFilter … Continue reading Destructive and MiTM Capabilities of VPNFilter Malware Revealed
Well, that did not take long.
Within just 10 days of the disclosure of two critical vulnerabilities in GPON router at least 5 botnet families have been found exploiting the flaws to build an army of million devices.
Security researchers from Chinese-… Continue reading 5 Powerful Botnets Found Exploiting Unpatched GPON Router Flaws